HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THE INFLUENCES OF A LARGE WINTER STORM TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF SNOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL PRODUCE RATHER
LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. FURTHER SOUTH...ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN AT OR UNDER 1 INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THESE STRONG
WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FELT ON NORTH AND SOUTH
RUNNING ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
SATURDAY...BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY. GENERALLY...DUE TO
DECREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1 INCH.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
THIS WEAKER STORM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
MAY BE APPRECIATED.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN AND SOUTH OF
THE KANSAS CITY METRO BY LATE MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS
OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS
AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL
SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND
10 BELOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU.
IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...
...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN
KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...
.THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING
ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. A POTENT WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM NOW MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS WILL
BEGIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT.
COLD AIR HAS NOW FILTERED INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION AFFECTING EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS
PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A KANSAS CITY
TO BETHANY MISSOURI LINE. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS FURTHER EAST
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A UNIONVILLE TO
CLINTON LINE MAY TAKE LONGER TO TRANSITION AND PRECIPITATION MAY NOT
BECOME SNOW UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MAY BE THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD
LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF
A BUTLER MISSOURI TO MARYVILLE MISSOURI LINE TONIGHT WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WITH
TRAVEL PEAKING DURING THE HOLIDAY... VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE
LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
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JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A ST JOSEPH TO MARYVILLE LINE WHILE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING EAST OF THIS LINE. A TRANSITION
TO SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXING AT TIMES WILL TAKE PLACE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND
PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF
THIS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL PERSIST
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 358 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
.A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL EVENTUALLY EJECT ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THROUGH TONIGHT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIPITATION ENTIRELY LIQUID...HOWEVER AS AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRAVELS FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...COLDER AIR WILL RAPIDLY BE PULLED INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI ON THURSDAY...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. WITH TRAVEL PEAKING DURING THE
HOLIDAY...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
CAMERON...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON
358 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS EARLY AS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
THURSDAY...MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL
SNOW.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON
TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE TODAY...OR MAKE
ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 337 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
.A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL
EJECT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THURSDAY...AND EVENTUALLY TURN
NORTH INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
INITIALLY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIPITATION
ENTIRELY LIQUID...HOWEVER AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRAVELS FROM
CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI...COLDER AIR WILL RAPIDLY BE
PULLED INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...CHANGING RAIN OVER
TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY
ON THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND WHICH LOCATIONS WOULD
EXPERIENCE THE WORST WINTER WEATHER. HOWEVER...WITH TRAVEL PEAKING
DURING THE HOLIDAY...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA.
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-WORTH-GENTRY-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON
337 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS EARLY AS THURSDAY
MORNING. THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY...MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH
A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
SHOULD EITHER LEAVE TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$